SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau on Monday arrested a Patwari allegedly while accepting bribe. As per an ACB handout, “Probing agency arrests Mohammad Abbas, Patwari Halqa Kewa, Qazigund District Kulgam for demanding and accepting bribe of ₹3,500 from complainant for providing of revenue extracts.” They said “Anti Corruption Bureau received a complaint, wherein […]
MUMBAI — Mumbai Police registered an FIR against unidentified persons for posting obscene comments and issuing death threats to journalist Rana Ayyub on her social media accounts, a police official said on Monday. The FIR was registered by the west region cyber police station on Sunday under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) […]
SRINAGAR — Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Zone, Vijay Kumar on Monday visited Sopore and conducted security and operational review meeting with senior Police and Army officers. Officials said that IGP instructed Sopore Police to generate actionable inputs and conduct anti-militancy operations along with Army. Besides focus was given on taking stringent action against […]
BARAMULLA — Two residential houses were gutted at Dargam village of Pattan in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday afternoon. Reports said that two residential houses belonging to Gh. Hassan Parray s/o Mohd Sultan Parray and Mohd.Maqbool Parray S/O Gh. Mohd. Parray were gutted in the fire incident at Dargam locality of pattan. They said […]
BUDGAM — A ‘mentally unsound’ teenage girl was spotted today sitting on the railway track in the Nadigam area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. The Railway Police removed her from the track and handed her over to the family. Imtiyaz Ahmed Bhat, the uncle of the girl told news agency Kashmir News Trust that she […]
KULGAM — A policeman posted at District Police Lines Kulgam died of cardiac arrest on Monday. Sources told Kashmir News Trust that the cop was performing his duty when he collapsed and died on the spot. Sources added that the cop died of cardiac arrest. He has been identified as Bilal Ahmed, a resident of […]
SRINAGAR — Government on Monday ordered transfer of 13 JKAS officers in the interest of administration with immediate effect. According to an order issued by the government, Tariq Hussain Ganai, JKAS, Director, Rural Sanitation, J&K, has been transferred and posted as Director, Hospitality and Protocol, J&K, against an available vacancy. Rakesh Kumar Srangal, JKAS, Director, […]
NEW DELHI — Ministry of Information and Broadcasting suspended the telecast of Malayalam news channel MediaOne over security concerns. According to reports, the regional television channel was found backing the Jamaat-e-Islami. Thus, the Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry citing “security reasons. took to its suspension. Media One went off air on Monday noon. Media One […]
THANE — Union minister Kapil Patil has said that Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PoK) will probably come back to India by 2024. He was speaking at an event in Kalyan city in Maharashtra’s Thane district. The Minister of State for Panchayati Raj also said that Modi has not become the prime minister for bringing down the prices […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Monday issued summons to two journalists, Fahad Ahmad Shah and Majid Hairdari in connection with case registered following a gunfight in Pulwama in which officials said that four militants were killed. A case a FIR (18/2022) under section 307 IPCV, 7/25 IA Act, and sections 16, 18,20,38 ULA(P) A has been […]